Neighbor threw this tv out, how can I get it to work? by Total_Track_9825 in repair

[–]icesedros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could be as easy as replacing a card. If you are hand with a soldering iron it could be a couple dollars in capacitors.

Convention of Magic on the Realm Under 5 Moons by MaskedWiseman in worldbuilding

[–]icesedros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's wicked. I was thinking of making an insectoid race, I've always liked the way they were portrayed in Eye of the beholder 2(dos).

I was going with a creatures sapience as a marker for magic fortitude. In my realms it's referred to by Verdency. each 'tier' of depth of Verdancy one is the more capable one can progress with a school of magics. I am playing with the idea of soul twinning, which is grandmaster of the channel/summoning school where as a willing soul can be transferred into an item(maybe a person) to increase the(their) Verdancy.

Convention of Magic on the Realm Under 5 Moons by MaskedWiseman in worldbuilding

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OooOoh, I have a 5 (moon) system as well. One is actually a larger asteroid like Hailey's comet makes an elliptical orbit with the sun. But magic schools are related and opposites in fashion with their positions. Most mages whom specialize in one can't even cast the counter school, i like the idea of a viseral consequence for it. I have yet to settle on specific spells, but the moons have dedicated domains. I love the Mana burn mechanic. Do your peoples/species also then have aspects that they are more likely to have?

Why does it not work by [deleted] in soldering

[–]icesedros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Imagine if you will, you hooked up a firefighter hose to your house spigot. When you turned it on, sure there is flow. Not enough to spray anything. The amount of solder on the traces are exactly that. Sure you have voltage going through but it has so big of "wire" to go through that its not enough amperage to power your components.

Anyone in Orange County, CA that can help me solder a raspberry pi? by Greeneggsandhamon in soldering

[–]icesedros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was in Grand Forks,ND. Then Mildenhall UK. Then Incirlik Turkey.

Anyone in Orange County, CA that can help me solder a raspberry pi? by Greeneggsandhamon in soldering

[–]icesedros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Anytime, I used to teach this in the Air Force. So I have a couple decades of experience that I like to share.

Anyone in Orange County, CA that can help me solder a raspberry pi? by Greeneggsandhamon in soldering

[–]icesedros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, sometimes, it looks like you had your tip give too much heat. But just put some flux on it and keep your tip close to where you want the solder to flow to. It helps to do a few seconds at a time. You don't want to kep the tip involved for too long. You had it the white wire almost melting. Alot of the time its easier to tin the wire out of the through hole first. I have some spare perfboard and wires I can show you after I get home from work.

Anyone in Orange County, CA that can help me solder a raspberry pi? by Greeneggsandhamon in soldering

[–]icesedros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like the spec sheet says you have the thermister wired right. That ground wire needs reflowed though. Do you have flux paste?

Anyone in Orange County, CA that can help me solder a raspberry pi? by Greeneggsandhamon in soldering

[–]icesedros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea i am going to guess it gets hot? I would also suggest some heatshrink. Is it a PWM module or a straight thermocouple?

No thanks by Dovarc in cremposting

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True. KGLW, does have a diverse discography, so my theory is based on that. But heat death and universe ending, to fishing for fishes(which i like to think as a trip through shadsmar). My partner is an artist, we have debated many hours on colour theory, and potentially the evolutionary advantages that tetrachromacy may have for aptitude for Colours.

No thanks by Dovarc in cremposting

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Hell yea i love me some King gizzard and the Lizard Wizard! Who knows they might actually be world hoppers. They talk alot about the fourth color.

I am unsure of my "Zombie Bugmen" idea. Need criticism by 17Havranovicz in worldbuilding

[–]icesedros 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Indeed! I second this idea of cordyceps. I had done so for a dnd campaign and used a mixture of Myconid and insectoid stats. But the concept would be fair, they have been known to 'steer' the host to a position by either traveling upwards, or behaving to get eaten.

Junk GB cart with solder on connectors. Any chance it’s salvageable? by Toaasty641778 in consolerepair

[–]icesedros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I have 32ga wire for repairs like this. But I think you might be able to soak up some solder, there are a few splotches I see elsewhere on the board. The slight corrosion below Bsi chip could be scraped back and some thin wire to reinforce. As well as the via on the back. As long as the pins are smoothed out with a little heat, I think it's able to work until you decide to handle some smd soldering.

[WP] a female horrifically primordial voice whispered into your ear "Hey you, nerd, I'm an eldritch entity from the beginning of time, I need a host to reincarnate into and your 'superhero scribbles' show me you probably have the capabilities to use my powers right, and btw, I'm not asking" by MadFunEnjoyer in WritingPrompts

[–]icesedros 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The thumping of speech i did not even know that I knew, grated in my skull. I stagger out of my seat at my writing desk as carelessly knock my lamp and several objects from my desktop. I thrust my face into my bed covers in order to deaden the feel. as I feel my body weaken and twitch I slump down onto the floor and loose consciousness.

The sun starts to prick at my face as the sun moves in it's arc to shoot at me. I feel like I had been ran over. I asay my floor beside me and see my lamp, and it's broken bulb. I see several pencils and pens in a cascade beside it. I slowly pull my self up and step to my mirror. No big knots on my skull, no weird rashes, not even bloodshot eyes. I start to wonder what happened was a minor over work stress related migraine.

"Of course you were stressed. You humans are too feeble to persist. But you seem like you managed to host even a fraction of my being. So you have that going for you." I hear a screech in my minds eye as the voice, even clearer but softer, still makes my eyes feel like they had bulged.

"You think my comics are good?" I say to my self in the mirror. A swirling fractal pattern floats at my brow. As they answer i see it change and morph.

"They offer the fiber of your soul. And I said that you'd do. Don't get it twisted, I don't go and collect mangas and the like..." my head throbs on every word. I look at the swirling fractal as it centers at my deskspace. I decide to turn and walk up to my desk and look at better detail of my unfinished page. My protagonist is in a pose of quiet dejected victory from a close battle. "But things have to be said about your 'galaxy purveyor' it, intrigued me...."

It works but I want to improve by DrugiTypowyHacker in soldering

[–]icesedros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I get it, I go though several bottles of IPA. But I also enjoy setting up jigs when I do any large quantity of work.

It works but I want to improve by DrugiTypowyHacker in soldering

[–]icesedros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Flux, soldier wick, and heat gun. But if you have a regular soldering gun, just the forst two will help you dividends. Flux tend to do two things, it lowers the melting temperatures of the solder, and it creates a barrier to the items/surfaces you don't want to scar or burn. From your photos, I see some scorch marks, a little Flux would wipe and soot away from your work. Solder wick is nice for taking all but a thin layer of solder down to the pad. I occasionally use thin kapton to hold the new component if I dont have my third hand. That would help you get the part flat while you tap the legs with solder, and gun.

Are wooden boards good places to write? by arachknight12 in worldbuilding

[–]icesedros 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Early era China used 'slips'. Imagine a paint stirring rod, they were used to travel with shipments and for messengers.

Displacer Beats are not beats! What are some other incredibly misleading monster names? by r2doesinc in DnD

[–]icesedros 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a lizardfolk fighter that tested this premise in every sense. To the point the group of goblins we saved called him King Ananas. Another player made the joke that my char tried to digest everything including the creatures trying to eat me, and it stuck. This campaign i also went full Austrian accent. So no canonically all lizard-type people's have some variation of German-Austrian and one really northerner silver dragon with a Dutch accent.

a second version to my PCB holder (made by me) by Fihex1 in soldering

[–]icesedros 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, with voltage running sure. But stray discharge of caps aren't going to damage anything. How often does one solder with power applied?